A 700-acre campus being developed for a Charlotte area Girl Scouts council has been named after the late Dale Earnhardt after the Dale Earnhardt Foundation awarded the council $2 million for the project.

The Dale Earnhardt Environmental Leadership Campus will serve as an outdoor learning retreat for the Girl Scouts Hornets Nest Council and their leaders throughout an eight-county region in the Carolinas. The retreat, which will include a 25-acre lake, will be located in Iredell County.

The $2 million gift is the largest ever granted by the foundation and single largest gift ever received by the Hornets Nest Council, according to a press release from the foundation.

"Dale was an avid sportsman and outdoorsman; whether it was spending time at the Earnhardt Farm or traveling across the country on a hunt, he loved outdoor adventure," said Teresa Earnhardt, Earnhardt’s widow and the executive director of the Dale Earnhardt Foundation. "We are proud to put Dale's name on a campus like this with its beautiful wooded environment, wildlife native to the area and such a strong program teaching young people the importance of respecting nature.

"We cannot imagine a more worthy cause for our largest grant to date.”

The Dale Earnhardt Foundation was created in 2002 and is focused on helping children, education and wildlife/environmental preservation.

Earnhardt, who was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2010, won 76 NASCAR Cup races and seven Cup championships.